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POETRY-1 (ENG403)

POETRY-1 (ENG403). LECTURE – 6. RECAP OF LECTURE 5. Introduction The Knight The Squire The Yeoman The Prioress The Monk The Friar. RECAP OF LECTURE 5. The Merchant The Oxford Clerk The Sergeant of Law The Franklin The cook The Shipman. RECAP OF LECTURE 5. The Shipman

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  1. POETRY-1 (ENG403) LECTURE – 6

  2. RECAP OF LECTURE 5 • Introduction • The Knight • The Squire • The Yeoman • The Prioress • The Monk • The Friar

  3. RECAP OF LECTURE 5 • The Merchant • The Oxford Clerk • The Sergeant of Law • The Franklin • The cook • The Shipman

  4. RECAP OF LECTURE 5 • The Shipman • The Doctor of Physics • The Wife of Bath • The Parson • The Ploughman • The Miller • The Manciple • The Reeve

  5. A somonour was ther with us in that place, L. 623 That hadde a fyr-reed cherubynnes face,For saucefleem he was, with eyen narwe.As hoot he was and lecherous as a sparwe,With scalled browes blake and piled berd.Of his visage children were aferd. L. 628 • Somonour- employer of religious court • Cherubynnes- cherub, angel like • Saucefleem- pimpled face • Lecherous- lechery, • Scalled – scabby, shabby • Piled- thin • Visage- features

  6. Ther nas quyk-silver, lytarge, ne brymstoon, L. 629Boras, ceruce, ne oille of tartre noon;Ne oynement that wolde clense and byte,That hym myghte helpen of his whelkes white,Nor of the knobbes sittynge on his chekes.Wel loved he garleek, oynons, and eek lekes, L.634 • Lytarge-white lead • Brymstoon- brimstone • Boras- borax, mineral • Ceruce- lead ointment • oille of tartre- cream of tartar • Byte- burn

  7. And for to drynken strong wyn, reed as blood; L. 635Thanne wolde he speke and crie as he were wood.And whan that he wel dronken hadde the wyn,Thanne wolde he speke no word but latyn.A fewe termes hadde he, two or thre,That he had lerned out of som decree – L. 640 • Latyn- Latin • Fewe termes- few terms • Speke- speak • Thre- three • Some decree- some judgment

  8. No wonder is, he herde it al the day; L. 641 And eek ye knowen wel how that a jay Kan clepen watte as wel as kan the pope. But whoso koude in oother thyng hym grope, Thanne hadde he spent al his philosophie; Ay questio quid iuris wolde he crie. L. 646 • Jay- bird • Kan clepen- can call • Watte- Walter/Watt • Grope- try • Philosophie- learning

  9. He was a gentil harlot and a kynde; L. 647A bettre felawe sholde men noght fynde. He wolde suffre for a quart of wyn A good felawe to have his concubyn A twelf month, and excuse hym atte fulle; Ful prively a fynch eek koude he pulle. L. 652 • Harlot- rascal • Kynde- kind • SUffre- suffer • Quart- pint • Concubyn- mistress

  10. And if he foond owher a good felawe, L.653He wolde techen him to have noon aweIn swich caas of the ercedekenes curs,But if a mannes soule were in his purs;For in his purs he sholde ypunysshed be.Purs is the ercedekenes helle, seyde he.But wel I woot he lyed right in dede;Of cursyng oghte ech gilty man him drede, L. 660 • Owher- anywhere • Ercedekenes curs- archdeacons excommunication • Ypunysshed- punished

  11. For curs wol slee right as assoillyng savith, L. 661And also war hym of a significavit.In daunger hadde he at his owene giseThe yonge girles of the diocise,And knew hir conseil, and was al hir reed.A gerland hadde he set upon his heedAs greet as it were for an ale-stake.A bokeleer hadde he maad hym of a cake. L.668 • Assoillyng- absolution • Daunger- domination • Diocise- bishop’ area/district • Gise- manner • Reed- advisor • Knew- shared

  12. With hym ther rood a gentil pardoner L. 669Of rouncivale, his freend and his compeer,That streight was comen fro the court of rome.Ful loude he soong com hider, love, to me!This somonour bar to hym a stif burdoun;Was nevere trompe of half so greet a soun. L. 674 • Rouncivale- convent • Compeer- companion • Trompe- trumpet • Soun- sound

  13. This pardoner hadde heer as yelow as wex, L. 675 But smothe it heeng as dooth a strike of flex; By ounces henge his lokkes that he hadde, And therwith he his shuldres overspradde; But thynne it lay, by colpons oon and oon. But hood, for jolitee, wered he noon, L.680 • Heer- hair • Wex wax • Heeng- hung • Flex- flax • Ounces- thin pig-tails • Colpons- locks • Jolitee- pleasure

  14. For it was trussed up in his walet. L.681 Hym thoughte he rood al of the newe jet; Dischevelee, save his cappe, he rood al bare. Swiche glarynge eyen hadde he as an hare. A vernycle hadde he sowed upon his cappe. His walet lay biforn hym in his lappe, L.686 • trussed up- folded and packed • Walet- wallet • Jet- latest fashion • Dischevelee- With his hair loose • Glarynge- glaring • Vernycle- vernicle • Sowed- fastened

  15. Bretful of pardoun, comen from rome al hoot. L.687 A voys he hadde as smal as hath a goot. No berd hadde he, ne nevere sholde have; As smothe it was as it were late shave. I trowe he were a geldyng or a mare. But of his craft, fro berwyk into ware, L.692 • Bretful- brimful • al hoot- all fresh • Voys- voice • Goot- goat • late shave- recently shaved

  16. Ne was ther swich another pardoner L.693 For in his male he hadde a pilwe-beer, Which that he seyde was oure lady veyl: He seyde he hadde a gobet of the seyl That seint peter hadde, whan that he wente Upon the see, til jhesu crist hym hente. 698 • Male- bag • pilwe-beer- pillow case • Gobet- piece • Seyl- sail • hente- called

  17. He hadde a croys of latoun ful of stones, L.699 And in a glas he hadde pigges bones. But with thise relikes, whan that he fond A povre person dwellynge upon lond, Upon a day he gat hym moore moneye Than that the person gat in monthes tweye; L.704 • croys of latoun- cross of latten • Stones- precious jewels • thise relikes- faked up relics/left • Tweye- two

  18. And thus, with feyned flaterye and japes, L.705He made the person and the peple his apes. But trewely to tellen atte laste,He was in chirche a noble ecclesiaste. Wel koude he rede a lessoun or a storie, But alderbest he song an offertorie; L.710 • Japes- tricks • atte laste – at last • a lessoun- a lesson • Ecclesiaste- ecclesiast, religious person • Alderbest- Best of all • Offertorie- offering

  19. For wel he wiste, whan that song was songe, L.711 He moste preche and wel affile his tonge To wynne silver, as he ful wel koude; Therefore he song the murierly and loude. L.714 • Wel affile his tonge- smooth tongue • Murierly- merrily

  20. Now have I toold you soothly, in a clause, L.715Th' estaat, th' array, the nombre, and eek the causeWhy that assembled was this compaignye In southwerk at this gentil hostelrye That highte the tabard, faste by the belle.But now is tyme to yow for to telle L.720 • Th' estaat- Social rank, position • th' array- dress • the nombre- number • The cause- reason • Faste- near

  21. How that we baren us that ilke nyght, L.721 Whan we were in that hostelrie alyght; And after wol I telle of our viage And al the remenaunt of oure pilgrimage.But first I pray yow, of youre curteisye,That ye n' arette it nat my vileynye, L.726 • Baren- conducted us • Viage- journey • Remenaunt- remaining part

  22. Thogh that I pleynly speke in this mateere, L.727 To telle yow hir wordes and hir cheere, Ne thogh I speke hir wordes proprely. For this ye knowen al so wel as I,Whoso shal telle a tale after a man, He moot reherce as ny as evere he kan L.732 • Cheere- appearance • Al so- just as

  23. Everich a word, if it be in his charge, L.733 Al speke he never so rudeliche and large, Or ellis he moot telle his tale untrewe, Or feyne thyng, or fynde wordes newe.He may nat spare, althogh he were his brother; He moot as wel seye o word as another. Crist spak hymself ful brode in hooly writ, And wel ye woot no vileynye is it. L.740 • Everich a word- Every single word • Charge- responsibility • Al speke- what ever the narrator said • Rudeliche- rudely • Feyne- false • Vileynye- ill-manners • ye woot- you know

  24. Eek plato seith, whoso that kan hym rede, L.741The wordes moote be cosyn to the dede. Also I prey yow to foryeve it me, Al have I nat set folk in hir degreeHeere in this tale, as that they sholde stonde. L.745 • in hir degree- according to their status

  25. My wit is short, ye may wel understonde. L.746 Greet chiere made oure hoost us everichon, And to the soper sette he us anon. He served us with vitaille at the beste;Strong was the wyn, and wel to drynke us leste. A semely man oure hooste was withalle For to han been a marchal in an halle. L.752 • Vitaille- food • Marchal- master

  26. A large man he was with eyen stepe -- L.753 A fairer burgeys is ther noon in chepe -- Boold of his speche, and wys, and wel ytaught,And of manhod hym lakkede right naught. Eek therto he was right a myrie man, And after soper pleyen he bigan, L.758 • Boold- bold • Burgeys- fine • Pleyen- playing jests

  27. And spak of myrthe amonges othere thynges, L.759 Whan that we hadde maad oure rekenynges, And seyde thus: now, lordynges, trewely, Ye been to me right welcome, hertely; For by my trouthe, if that I shal nat lye,I saugh nat this yeer so myrie a compaignye Atones in this herberwe as is now. Fayn wolde I doon yow myrthe, wiste I how. L.766 • Lordynges- sir • Atones- together • doon yow myrthe- please you • wiste I how- if I knew how

  28. And of a myrthe I am right now bythoght, L.767To doon yow ese, and it shal coste noght. Ye goon to caunterbury -- God yow speede, The blisful martir quite yow youre meede! And wel I woot, as ye goon by the weye,Ye shapen yow to talen and to pleye; L.772 • a myrthe- a pleasant thing • Meede- reward • doon yow ese- to entertain you • Ye shapen yow- as you plan

  29. For trewely, confort ne myrthe is noon L.773 To ride by the weye doumb as a stoon; And therfore wol I maken yow disport, As I seyde erst, and doon yow som confort. And if yow liketh alle by oon assent For to stonden at my juggement, L.778 • Erst- just before • Stonden- abide

  30. And for to werken as I shal yow seye, L.779…………………………………………………………………. That ech of yow, to shorte with oure weye, L.791 In this viage shal telle tales tweye To caunterbury-ward, I mene it so, And homward he shal tellen othere two, Of aventures that whilom han bifalle. And which of yow that bereth hym best of alle, L.796 • Tweye- two • Aventures- adventure • Bifalle- befall • Bereth- bear

  31. ……………………………….The sothe is this, the cut fil to the knyght, L.845 Of which ful blithe and glad was every wyght, And telle he moste his tale, as was resoun, By foreward and by composicioun, As ye han herd; what nedeth wordes mo?And whan this goode man saugh that it was so L.850 • Sothe- truth • Cut fil- lot fell • Blithe- happy • Every wyght- every one • Moste- must • Resoun-reason • Composicioun- compassion • Han herd- have heard • Mo- more • Whan- when • Saugh- saw

  32. As he that wys was and obedient L.851 To kepe his foreward by his free assent, He seyde, syn I shal bigynne the game, What, welcome be the cut, a goddes name! Now lat us ryde, and herkneth what I seye. And with that word we ryden forth oure weye, And he bigan with right a myrie cheere His tale anon, and seyde as ye may heere. L.858 • Syn- since • Goddes- god’s name • Herkneth- listen • Seye- say • Myrie- merry • Cheere- happy manner

  33. OUTLINE OF TEXT • Introduction • Description of Pilgrims • Host’s Suggestion • Acceptance • Who should begin? • Decision: The Knight

  34. DETAILED DISCUSSION OF THE DESCRIPTION OF PIRGRIMS

  35. THE KNIGHT • Highest ranked soldier • wore a stained and dark fustian tunic • possessed fine horses • he was distinguished, modest, honorable, generous and truthful; never spoke rudely and was very polite • participated in missions abroad • Chaucer thinks highly of him.

  36. THE SQUIRE • knight in training/son of the knight • curly locks • Wore embroidered multicolor dress • possessed agility and strength • Danced, wrote songs and poems • drew pictures for them • very obedient • excited about life • should have better intentions, and has high hopes for him as a knight.

  37. THE YEOMAN • servant to the knight/forester • wore a coat and hood of green • had peacock feathers and a bow • had a head like a nut and a tan face • wore a medal of St. Christopher • he was religious • no one knew where his money came from; full of pride

  38. THE PRIORESS • Name: Madame E Glantyne • high-ranking nun in an abbey • shy and elegant • spoke daintly in French(nonstandard French) • Sympathetic towards animals • she likes money • She delivered the services from her nose (acting) • she is too concerned with animals, too materialistic, and doesn't care for her services.

  39. THE MONK • Clergyman; Uncloistered • wrought cunningly • fashioned pin fastened his hood at his chin • sleeves on his coat were garnished with fur • he was bald, fat, tan • he wore leather boots • he was greedy and never cheap • he liked to hunt • he possessed a lot of money • ignored regular rules

  40. THE FRIAR • Name: Hubert • similar to a priest/beggar for church/hear confessions • his skin was white • he had bright eyes • he was a festive fellow, strong and courteous • He received money from anyone • Knew all the bars and barmaids • Didn’t know lepers and poor

  41. THE MERCHANT • trader/buyer and seller • he had forked beard • costly beaver hat • motley dressed • he was an expert at currency exchange • hid his debt very well • mysterious and arrogant

  42. THE CLERK OF OXFORD • student at Oxford of philosophy and religion • he was thin and had a hollow look • Wore threadbare overcoat • his only care was to study • he didn't care about material things (unworldly) • he didn't like to talk • whatever money he had he spent on books • he puts learning before everything.

  43. THE SERGEANT OF LAW • Lawyer • wore a homely parti-colored coat • a girt with a silken belt of pin-stripe stuff • he was discreet, weary, and wise • man to reference • he had a very good memory • never made mistakes

  44. THE FRANKLIN • Wealthy country gentleman • he had a white beard and red complexion • had a dagger and a little purse of silk that hung at his girdle • high colored dress and kind • one true felicity in sight • no one stood higher than him • he only had nice things and was picky with his food.

  45. THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE GUILD • tradesmen/member of a guild • their gear was new • their knives, girdles and pouches were silver

  46. PILGRIMS IN THE PROLOGUE • Individual or Types • Feudal Class • Religious Group • Social Class • Secular characters • Typical characters • Individualized characters

  47. REFERENCES • http://www.gradesaver.com/the-canterbury-tales/study-guide/section1/ • http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/literature/canterbury-tales/character-list.html • www.sparknotes.com › No Fear Literature › The Canterbury TalesCached – Similar

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